Machine for setting up barrels



(No Model.)

H. WILDE.

MACHINE FOR SETTING UP BARRELS.-

No. 257,259. Patented May 2,1882.

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HENRY VVILDE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR SETTING UP BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,259, dated May 2, 1882.

Application filed December 22, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY WILDE, residing in the city of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrelof staves in a hoop, and is designed to co-operate with other machines invented by me for producing perfectly-uniform barrels.

It is well known that a process for manufacturing duplicate articles reduces the cost very greatly when performed by automatic tools, or such as are adapted to produce uniformity in the product by the construction of the machine itself.

The invention herein described is the first to be employed in a series of machines for operatin g on stares thathavc been suitably jointed to produce uniform barrels, and is more especiall y adapted-to the use of staves' that have been shaped by passing through rollers after being heated and rejointed.

My raising-machine is provided with a trussing-ring, which serves as a gage for determining the diameter of the finished barrel, and secures such uniformity therein that when the barrels are placed in the crozing-machine they will enter the guide-rings just the proper "amount and be crozed at the right'point. The

machine also applies a permanent bilgehoop to the barrel and squares the ends, thus fitting itimmediately for tiring and trussing and saving the ln'tndlabor formerly required when the barrel was setup in a temporary hoop and a bilge-hoop worked to its place by raising the whole barrel and striking it several times against the floor.

The mechanism shown is intended to exhibit.

the operation ofthe gage-1 ing; hntmany equivalent devices could be employed to operate it and hold the barrel equally well.

as described.

.top of the staves when in place.

(No model.)

A is the frame of the machine; B, a bed having a setting-up ring, 0, and guides D, arranged upon its upper side, and a tripod, E, and pressure-lever F, arranged beneath it for moving the truss-rin g G, as required. The latter is sustained above the ring 0 by rods H, fitted through vertical holes in the guides D, and connected rigidly with the arms of thetripod. The ring G is thus moved when the tripod is actuated by the lever F, the latter being connected with'the tripod by a central connection at a.

A hand-lever, I, is pivoted to the bed at b, and is connected to the pressure-lever bya link, J, the upper end of the lever I being fitted to a segment, K,npon the frame, and locked thereto in"any'desired position by inserting a pin in a hole in the lever and in one ofa row of holes, d, in the segment. 'I

The truss-ring is shown in Fig. 1 as lowered, and is exhibited in section toshow a rabbet formed inits inner upper corner to receive a permanent bilge-hoop, c. When elevated the truss-ring is intended to force thehoop to its rin'g G, which is'grooved, asindicat-ed 'in the section atf in Fig. 1, to receivethem. ,The.

movement of the trussing-ring is only such as will compress the staves 'i'nto close'contact, and the operator therefore packs the staves into the truss-ring until it is full, when in its lower position.' The hoop, being already in place upon the ring G, may be forced into position by moving the lever I and raising the ring, To sustain the upward thrust then brought against the barrel, I provide a face-plate, L, hinged to the frame A atthe rear of the machine, and adapted to press upon the It is therefore hinged at a level with the barrels top, and is preferably counterbalanced, as by a weight, M, so as to remain elevated, and automatic catches N are shown provided upon the frame upon each side-of the machine to engage the edges of theplate when lowered, and holdit level upon the top of the staves. Whenthus looked, as shown in Fig. 2, it preventsany derangement of the barrel, and is raised by the joined together, and attached to the post by three arms, g. Space is left betweenthe spring and ring G for the insertion of the separate staves, which are thus held upright, and the spring itself yields when the barrel is drawn outof the ring after setting the hoop, so .as to let the small end of the barrel pass over its outside.

The purpose of theseries of machines alluded to herein is to make barrels of uniform size,an,d thus to secure the applicationof machinery. to

the manufacturing processes more perfectly.

.Unless the stavesare of perfectly equal width at both ends itis of course impossible to-make' a barrel of equal diameter at both ends, and the operations of the subsequent machines which takethe barrel for trussing and crozingmust be imperfectly performedin consequen cc. I there,

fore use staves properly jointed and shaped ,he-j fore raising-the barrel, and find no further mechanism needed forraising the .barrel than that already described if such staves are employed. 1 have shown, however, the ordinary win :llass,

at Q, extended across the frame beneath the plate L, a crank, R, and ratchet S being provided at one end to: hold andtrim it when re- 7 qiiired.

Pulleys h are inserted in a cross-beam, A, above the Windlass-roller Q, and the rope 1', seoured to the roller at j, maybe carried over the pulleys and placed around the top of the staves, if needed, for placing the upper hoop uponthem before removal from the ring G. Such upper hoop would be a temporary one,

adapted to fit the stav'esbefore compression; '45.

but by its application the upper permanent bilge-hoopcanbe put 011 the barrel and forced tightly down, when the'barrel would be ready for firing, after which it would be trussed and crozed. I

As the supporting-rings in the crozing-machine are liable to wear, it is desirable that the raising-machine should havesome means 'of adjustment whereby the ends of all the bar- 'rels may be made a little larger or smaller, if

desired. Such a means is afforded in the movable character of the gage-ring G,in which the compression of the barrel can be increased when desired by affording the lever I afurther movement, and the ends of the barrel made smaller when desired. The opposite effect can be produced by reducing the-movement of the lever, and the initial size of the cylinder of staves increased, if desired, before compression in the hoop, by lowering the ring G farther, and thus enlarging the diameter of the barrel nearer its lowerend.

'From the above description it will be seen that my invention consists primarily in set ting up the staves in a gage-ring, and secondarily in setting the permanent bilge-hoops at a uniform distance from the ends of the barrels, so that uniformity in the barrels before compression is secured and thehand-labor employed in replacinga temporary hoop by the permanent bilge-hoop issaved, whilethesaid hoops .are set more perfectly and uniformly thanheretofore. I donot therefore limit myself to the precise mechanism described above I and engage stationary projections upon the frame;and the annular springO might be made of india-rubber hose or other material, and supported by other means than the post-P,

or inserted by hand without the use of any support. The mechanism described may also be used independently of my exact process by employing no stop upon the segment K and forcing'the hoops to any desired point upon the barrel.

I therefore claim the method of raising barrels as set forth above, as well as the means required to perform the process, as follows:

1. In a barrel-raising machine provided with a gage-ringarranged to move vertically,as described, the combination, with the ring and its guiding-rods D, of means, as tripodE, levers 1 and I, and segment K, provided with holesd and suitable stop-pimall for regulating the movement of'the gage-ring, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with a .ring for settingup staves, an internal annular spring arranged and operating substantially as described.

3. In combination with a bed-plate and gagering, operating substantially as described, the hinged face-plate L and automatic catches arranged and operating to lock the plate upon the top of the staves, substantially as and'for the purpose set fort In testimony whereof I have hereunto set-m hand in the presence of two subseribing witnesses.

HENRY VV'ILDE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAa LE. D. CRANE, WALTER M. 'OoNGER, Jr.

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